A Blog about the walking activities of Mick & Gayle, from short strolls to Big Walks, interspersed with other random thoughts about things outdoor related.

The Road goes ever on and on; Down from the door where it began;Now far ahead the Road has gone; And I must follow, if I can;Pursuing it with eager feet; Until it joins some larger way;Where many paths and errands met; And whither then? I cannot say. [JRR Tolkien, Lord of the Rings]

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Tuesday, 2 March 2010

February In Graphics

February came and February went, and suddenly March is upon us. Suddenly under 3 weeks remain until we set out on our Walk. Suddenly time is running out to put in any more training. February did see us take a few strolls though, and below is a representation of how the month looked from a statistical point of view.

The miles weren’t as high as in January (and I don’t think I can blame that entirely on February being a short month):

But, the miles were of a better quality, with more (albeit still not a lot of) ascent:

Compared with the miles of previous years the graph’s looking the way I wanted it:

Compared with ascent in February in previous years we can clearly see that the bar has always been set low:

As an excel and numbers nerd, may I suggest two further performance indicators - Miles per day (takes care of the length of the month) and ascent per mile. These can be easily produced with collecting any more data.You could do a four-week rolling cumulative miles and ascent as well. If you had the time...

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It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out of your door [...] You step into the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there is no knowing where you might be swept off to.[Bilbo to Frodo, JRR Tolkien, Lord of the Rings]